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Previously, I've shared tips on how to have a fun and Minimalist Easter, as well as creating and sharing this free printable Easter Banner, but this time, I'm going to share a few more fun and crafty ways to celebrate and decorate on the cheap!

I'm starting to believe that the early years of parenting are akin to a black hole for your personal free time. That time from the birth of your first child until the the first day of school for your last child. I don't mean that negatively, mostly, but it is a temporary death for your personal free time.

Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday. ​Thanksgiving shopping.
Personally, I hate going out on Black Friday. Even the grocery stores are crazy. I prefer to spend the day decorating my house for Christmas.
That being said, I do love Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I've compiled a collection of my favorite deals (mostly on Amazon and are good all week long!) and curated some of my favorite small businesses for your shopping pleasure and convenience.

Last week I talked about our home schooling system and listed off some of our favorite and most effective resources. While a great deal of our home schooling occurs on my phone or the tablet, we also burn through workbooks, activity sheets and print a ton of things during the week. So how do I organize all of this without allowing it to over take our home? Let me show you!!

Connor is 3, going on 4 this August. I've been looking into our local preschool options and they breakdown into two categories: obscenely expensive, or far too religious. As two former Catholic, current "seeking direction" parents, we don't want to put our kids in a religious school unless we both 100% support that church. Since we don't have anything like that, I've been looking for alternate options.